Tweet gets student a date with Lolo Jones

The Olympic hurdler and bobsledder has made headlines with some controversial tweets recently, but in general she is one of the most social media-friendly athletes.

Recently, Jones accepted a challenge from one of her 360,000 followers — should this student, a 21-year-old named Bubby Lyles tally 150,000 retweets for one of his tweets, Jones would go on a date with him.

Jones was told she’d be kept updated on the number of re-tweets Lyles was getting:

http://twitter.com/#!/lolojones/status/347758942165815296

Then there were a couple of updates on Lyles’ re-tweet progress:

http://twitter.com/#!/TheTexasAshley/status/351105871708827648

Guess where it stands now? Check out the number of re-tweets of Lyles’ original tweet:

http://twitter.com/#!/harrylylesjr/status/347759212274794496

Goal of 150,000 re-tweets eclipsed!

http://twitter.com/#!/harrylylesjr/status/352970501590757376

From the sound of things, from Jones’ perspective, a promise is a promise:

http://twitter.com/#!/lolojones/status/352971329923846144

Twitchy wishes them all the best on their date, and offers Jones three cheers for kept promises!